Amis lover's cell phone bag

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The traditional Amis society was matrilineal with the males responsible
for the governance of the community and the females responsible for overseeing
the home and traditional ceremonies. When a young woman of marrying age wanted
to show her interest in a young man, she would request her mother to help her
make a lover's bag to present to him during the annual Harvest Festival, one of
the most important events of the year for Amis communities. If he accepted,
this meant that a period of courtship could begin. Thus, the lover's bag is a
symbol of mutual commitment. After marriage, the husband continued to wear this
lover's bag to represent his everlasting love for his wife.

Today, couples do not have
to wait for the annual Harvest Festival. They can express their affection for
one another anytime through modern communication devices such as the cell phone.
The lover's bag represents the matrilineal culture of the Amis and the courage
of a young woman to express her love. This modified lover's bag fuses the traditional
and the modern to create a unique and
culturally meaningful cell phone bag.

Note: Cell phone is not included.

Artist lntroduction

Traditional
indigenous community lifestyles are gradually disappearing and economic
opportunities in indigenous communities are limited, forcing many residents to
move elsewhere in search of employment. This has made it difficult for traditions,
history, art forms and language to be passed on, creating further cultural
crises. The Hualien Association of Indigenous Industries was established to
attempt to reverse some of these trends.

This association serves as a
non-profit platform for the marketing and promotion of cultural and creative
products produced by indigenous designers and artisans. Its missions are to
pass on and preserve Taiwan's indigenous history and culture, develop
indigenous traditional arts, promote indigenous art and cultural exchanges and
encourage inter-disciplinary collaborations and alliances to increase economic
opportunities and improve the quality of life for Taiwan's indigenous peoples.

It does this by visiting
indigenous communities to understand traditional art forms and to record them
in an effort to pass them on to future generations. This association does not
only focus on the traditional, but seeks to add modern functions, encouraging
indigenous artisans to develop products for contemporary people's lives that
are infused with cultural meaning.